Pond quality determinants of occurrence patterns of great crested newts (Triturus cristatus)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 300-310

  Gustafson, Daniel H ^a   Andersen, Astrid S L ^a,b,d   Mikusiński, Grzegorz ^c   Malmgren, Jan C ^a,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NaturJobb Älvhöjden ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 77649256443     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-216R1.1     Document Type: Article

References (85)

1. ALFORD, R. A., P. M. DIXON, AND J. H. K. PECHMANN. 2001. Global amphibian population declines. Nature 412:499-500.
2. ANDRÉN, C., L. HENRIKSON, M. OLSSON, AND G. NILSON. 1988. Effects of pH and aluminum on embryonic and early larval stages of Swedish brown frogs Rana arvalis, R. temporaria and R. dalmatina. Holarctic Ecology 11:127-135.
3. ANGELIBERT, S., P. MARTY, R. CEREGHINO, AND N. GIANI. 2004. Seasonal variations in the physical and chemical characteristics of ponds: implications for biodiversity conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 14:439-456.
4. ARNTZEN, J. W. 2003. Triturus cristatus superspezies-Kammolch- artenkreis. In K. Grossenbacher and B. Thiesmeier (eds.), Handbuch der reptilien und amphibien europas: schwanzlurche (Urodela) IIA, Salamandridae II: Triturus 1. Band 4/IIA, pp. 421-514. Aula-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, Germany.
5. ARONSSON, S., AND J. A. E. STENSON. 1995. Newt-fish interactions in a small forest lake. Amphibia-Reptilia 15:177-184.
6. BAKER, J. M. R., AND T. R. HALLIDAY. 1999. Amphibian colonization of new ponds in an agricultural landscape. Herpetological Journal 9:55-63.
7. BEEBEE, T. J. C. 1985. Discriminant analysis of amphibian habitat determinants in south-east England. Amphibia-Reptilia 6:35-43.
8. -, 1996. Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians. Chapman and Hall, London.
9. -, 1997. Changes in dewpond numbers and amphibian diversity over 20 years on chalk downland in Sussex, England. Biological Conservation 81:215-219.
10. BEEBEE, T. J. C., AND R. A. GRIFFITHS. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles. A Natural History of the British Herpetofauna. Harper Collins Publishers, London.
11. -, 2005. The amphibian decline crisis: a watershed for conservation biology? Biological Conservation 125:271-285.
12. BERG, C. 1996. Effekter av konstgödsel på embryonaloch yngelstadierna av vanlig groda (Rana temporaria) och gölgroda (Rana lessonae) i Norduppland. Department of Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
13. BERNES, C. (ED.) 1994. Biological Diversity in Sweden: A National Study. Monitor 14. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Solna, Sweden (in Swedish).
14. BIGGS, J., P. WILLIAMS, M. WHITFIELD, P. NICOLETT, AND A. WEATHERBY. 2005. 15 years of pond assessment in Britain: results and lessons learned from the work of pond conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine Freshwater Ecosystems 15:693-714.
15. BRÖNMARK, C., AND L.-A. HANSSON. 1998. The Biology of Lakes and Ponds. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
16. -, 2002. Environmental issues in lakes and ponds: current state and perspectives. Environmental Conservation 29:290-306.
17. BURNHAM, K. P., AND D. R. ANDERSON. 2002. Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical Information-Theoretic Approach. Springer Verlag, New York.
18. CARO, T. M., AND G. O'DOHERTY. 1999. On the use of surrogate species in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 13:805-814.
19. CLARK, K. L., AND B. D. LAZERTE. 1985. A laboratory study of the effects of aluminum and pH on amphibian eggs and tadpoles. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42:1544-1551.
20. COOKE, A. S., AND J. F. D. FRAZER. 1976. Characteristics of newt breeding sites. Journal of Zoology 178:223-236.
21. D'AMEN, M., L. VIGNOLI, AND M. A. BOLOGNA. 2007. The effects of temperature and pH on the embryonic development of two species of Triturus (Caudata: Salamandridae). Amphibia-Reptilia 28:295-300.
22. DENOËL, M., AND G. F. FICETOLA. 2007. Landscape-level thresholds and newt conservation. Ecological Applications 17:302-309.
23. DENTON, J. S. 1991. The distribution and breeding site characteristics of newts in Cumbria, England. Herpetological Journal 1:549-554.
24. DIAMOND, J. M., D. G. MACKLER, W. J. RASNAKE, AND D. GRUBER. 1993. Derivation of site-specific ammonia criteria for an effluent-dominated headwater stream. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12:649-658.
25. DOLMEN, D. 1982. Zoogeography of Triturus vulgaris (L.) and T. cristatus (Laurenti) (Amphibia) in Norway, with notes on their vulnerability. Fauna Norvegica Serie A 3:12-25.
26. EDGAR, P., AND D. R. BIRD. 2006. Action plan for the conservation of the crested newt Triturus cristatus species complex in Europe. Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
27. ENGELHARDT, K. A. M., AND M. E. RITCHIE. 2001. Effects of macrophyte species richness on wetland ecosystem functioning and services. Nature 411:687-689.
28. -, 2002. The effect of aquatic plant species richness on wetland ecosystem processes. Ecology 83:2911-2924.
29. EVERITT, B. S., AND G. DUNN. 2001. Applied Multivariate Data Analysis. Arnold, London.
30. FREDA, J., AND W. A. DUNSON. 1985. Field and laboratory studies of ion balance and growth rates of ranid tadpoles chronically exposed to low pH. Copeia 1985:415-423.
31. FRIDAY, L. 1987. The diversity of macroinvertebrate and macrophyte communities in ponds. Freshwater Biology 18:87-104.
32. GRIFFIS-KYLE, K. L. 2007. Sublethal effects of nitrite on eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) and Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) embryos and larvae: implications for field populations. Aquatic Ecology 41:119-127.
33. GRIFFITHS, R. A. 1996. Newts and Salamanders of Europe. T & A D Poyser, London.
34. GRIFFITHS, R. A., AND P. DE WIJER. 1994. Differential effects of pH and temperature on embryonic development in the British newts (Triturus). Journal of Zoology 234:613-622.
35. GRIFFITHS, R. A., P. DE WIJER, AND L. BRADY. 1993. The effect of pH on embryonic and larval development in smooth and palmate newts, Triturus vulgaris and T. helveticus. Journal of Zoology 230:401-409.
36. GUSTAFSON, D. H., C. JOURNATH PETTERSSON, AND J. C. MALMGREN. 2006. Great Crested Newts (Triturus cristatus) as indicators of aquatic plant diversity. Herpetological Journal 16:347-352.
37. HOSMER, D. W., AND S. LEMESHOW. 2000. Applied Logistic Regression. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
38. HOULAHAN, J. E., C. S. FINDLAY, B. R. SCHMIDT, A. H. MEYER, AND S. L. KUZMIN. 2000. Quantitative evidence for global amphibian population declines. Nature 404:752-755.
39. HULL, A. 1997. The pond life project: a model for conservation and sustainability. In J. Boothby (ed.), British Pond Landscapes. Action for Protection and Enhancement. Proceedings of the UK Conference of the Pond Life Project, pp. 101-109. Pond Life Project, Liverpool, UK.
40. IHSE, M. 1995. Swedish agricultural landscapes - patterns and changes during the last 50 years, studied by aerial photos. Landscape and Urban Planning 31:21-37.
41. JACKSON, D. A. 1993. Stopping rules in principal components analysis: a comparison of heuristical and statistical approaches. Ecology 74:2204-2214.
42. JEFFRIES, M. J. 1998. Pond macrophyte assemblages, biodisparity and spatial distribution of ponds in the Northumberland coastal plain, UK. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 8:657-667.
43. -, 2005. Small ponds and big landscapes: the challenge of invertebrate spatial and temporal dynamics for European pond conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15:541-547.
44. JEHLE, R. 2000. The terrestrial summer habitat of radio-tracked Great Crested Newts (Triturus cristatus) and Marbled Newts (T. marmoratus). Herpetological Journal 10:137-142.
45. JEHLE, R., AND J. W. ARNTZEN. 2000. Post-breeding migrations of newts (Triturus cristatus and T. marmoratus) with contrasting ecological requirements. Journal of Zoology 251:297-306.
46. JOHANSSON, M., K. RÄSÄNEN, AND J. MERILÄ. 2001. Comparison of nitrate tolerance between different populations of the common frog, Rana temporaria. Aquatic Toxicology 54:1-14.
47. JOHANSSON, M., C. R. PRIMMER, J. SAHLSTEN, AND J. MERILÄ. 2005. The influence of landscape structure on occurrence, abundance and genetic diversity of the common frog, Rana temporaria. Global Change Biology 11:1664-1679.
48. JOLY, P., C. MIAUD, A. LEHMANN, AND O. GROLET. 2001. Habitat matrix effects on pond occupancy in newts. Conservation Biology 15:239-248.
49. KARLSTRÖ M, A. 1995. En naturvårdsbiologisk analys av den större vattensalamanderns (Triturus cristatus) leklokaler i Södertälje kommun. Department of Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
50. KARLSTRÖM, A., AND P. SJÖGREN- GULVE. 1997. Grodd-jur - indikatorer på biologisk mångfald. Statistisk analys av utbredningsmönster och orsaker till förändringar i Stockholms stad 1992-1996. Stads-byggnadskontoret, Stockholms stad, Stockholm, Sweden.
51. KNUTSON, M. G., W. B. RICHARDSON, D. M. REINEKE, B. R. GRAY, J. R. PARMELEE, AND S. E. WEICK. 2004. Agricultural ponds support amphibian populations. Ecological Applications 14:669-684.
52. KUZMIN, S. L. 1994. The problem of declining amphibian populations in the Commonwealth of Independent States and adjacent territories. Alytes 12:123-134.
53. LAAN, R., AND B. VERBOOM. 1990. Effects of pool size and isolation on amphibian communities. Biological Conservation 54:251-262.
54. LANGTON, T., C. BECKETT, AND J. FOSTER. 2001. Great Crested Newt Conservation Handbook. Froglife, Halesworth, UK.
55. LAPOSATA, M., AND W. A. DUNSON. 2000. Effects of spray-irrigated wastewater effluent on temporary pond-breeding amphibians. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 46:192-201.
56. LATHAM, D. M., AND R. S. OLDHAM. 1996. Woodland management and the conservation of the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus). Aspects of Applied Biology 44:451-459.
57. LINTON, S., AND R. GOULDER. 2000. Botanical conservation value related to origin and management of ponds. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 10:77-91.
58. LOREAU, M., S. NAEEM, P. INCHAUSTI, J. BENGTSSON, J. P. GRIME, A. HECTOR, D. U. HOOPER, M. A. HUSTON, D. RAFFAELLI, B. SCHMID, D. TILMAN, AND D. A. WARDLE. 2001. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: current knowledge and future challenges. Science 294:804-808.
59. MALMGREN, J. C. 2001. Evolutionary Ecology of Newts. Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., Studies in Biology 1, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
60. -, 2002. How does a newt find its way from a pond? Migration patterns after breeding and metamorphosis in Great Crested Newts (Triturus cristatus) and smooth newts (T. vulgaris). Herpetological Journal 12:29-35.
61. MALMGREN, J. C., P.-Å. ANDERSSON, AND S. EKDAHL. 2007. Modeling terrestrial interactions and shelter use in Great Crested Newts (Triturus cristatus). Amphibia-Reptilia 28:205-215.
62. MAZEROLLE, M. J. 2006. Improving data analysis in herpetology: using Akaike's information criterion (AIC) to assess the strength of biological hypotheses. Amphibia-Reptilia 27:169-180.
63. MIAUD, C. 1993. Predation on newt eggs (Triturus alpestris and T. helveticus): identification of predators and protective role of oviposition behaviour. Journal of Zoology 231:575-582.
64. -, 1994. Role of wrapping behaviour on egg survival in three species of Triturus (Amphibia: Urodela). Copeia 1994:535-537.
65. NICOLET, P., J. BIGGS, G. FOX, M. J. HODSON, C. REYNOLDS, M. WHITFIELD, AND P. WILLIAMS. 2004. The wetland plant and macroinvertebrate assemblages of temporary ponds in England and Wales. Biological Conservation 120:261-278.
66. OLDHAM, R. S. 1994. Habitat assessment and population ecology. In T. Gent and R. Bray (eds.), Conservation and Management of Great Crested Newts: Proceedings of a Symposium held on 11 January 1994 at Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, pp. 45-67, Report 20, English Nature, Peterborough, UK.
67. OLDHAM, R. S., AND M. J. S. SWAN. 1997. Pond loss and amphibians; historical perspective. In J. Boothby (ed.), British Pond Landscapes. Action for Protection and Enhancement. Proceedings of the UK Conference of the Pond Life Project, pp. 3-16. Pond Life Project, Liverpool, UK.
68. OLDHAM, R. S., J. KEEBLE, M. J. S. SWAN, AND M. JEFFCOTE. 2000. Evaluating the suitability of habitat for the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus). Herpetological Journal 10:143-155.
69. ORTIZ, M. E., A. MARCO, N. SAIZ, AND M. LIZANA. 2004. Impact of nitrate on growth and survival of six European amphibians. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 47:234-239.
70. PAVIGNANO, I., C. GIACOMA, AND S. CASTELLANO. 1990. A multivariate analysis of amphibian habitat determinants in north-western Italy. Amphibia-Reptilia 11:311-324.
71. PERES-NETO, P. R., D. A. JACKSON, AND K. M. SOMERS. 2003. Giving meaningful interpretation to ordination axes: assessing loading significance in principal component analysis. Ecology 84:2347-2363.
72. PIERCE, B. A. 1985. Acid tolerance in amphibians. BioScience 35:239-243.
73. SCHABETSBERGER, R., R. JEHLE, A. MALETZKY, J. PESTA, AND M. SZTATECSNY. 2004. Delineation of terrestrial reserves for amphibians: post-breeding migrations of Italian crested newts (Triturus c. carnifex) at high altitude. Biological Conservation 117:95-104.
74. SKEI, J. K., D. DOLMEN, L. RØNNING, AND T. H. RINGSBY. 2006. Habitat use during the aquatic phase of the newts Triturus vulgaris (L.) and T. cristatus (Laurenti) in central Norway: proposition for a conservation and monitoring area. Amphibia-Reptilia 27:309-324.
75. SKELLY, D. K., E. E. WERNER, AND S. A. CORTWRIGHT. 1999. Long-term distributional dynamics of a Michigan amphibian assemblage. Ecology 80:2326-2337.
76. SMITH, G. R., K. G. TEMPLE, H. A. DINGFELDER, AND D. A. VAALA. 2006. Effects of nitrate on the interactions of the tadpoles of two ranids (Rana clamitans and R. catesbeiana). Aquatic Ecology 40:125-130.
77. SZTATECSNY, M., R. JEHLE, B. R. SCHMIDT, AND J. W. ARNTZEN. 2004. The abundance of premetamorphic newts (Triturus cristatus, T. marmoratus) as a function of habitat determinants: an a priori model selection approach. Herpetological Journal 14:89-97.
78. THIESMEIER, B., AND A. KUPFER. 2000. Der Kamm-molch. Laurenti-Verlag, Bochum, Germany.
79. THURNHEER, S., AND H.-U. REYER. 2001. Spatial distribution and survival rate of waterfrog tadpoles in relation to biotic and abiotic factors: a field experiment. Amphibia-Reptilia 22:21-32.
80. VAN BUSKIRK, J. 2005. Local and landscape influence on amphibian occurrence and abundance. Ecology 86:1936-1947.
81. WATT, P. J., AND P. JARVIS. 1997. Survival analysis in palmate newts exposed to ammonium nitrate agricultural fertilizer. Ecotoxicology 6:355-362.
82. WATT, P. J., AND R. S. OLDHAM. 1995. The effect of ammonium nitrate on the feeding and development of larvae of the smooth newt, Triturus vulgaris (L.), and on the behavior of its food source, Daphnia. Freshwater Biology 33:319-324.
83. WERNER, E. E., AND K. S. GLENNEMEIER. 1999. Influence of forest canopy cover on the breeding pond distributions of several amphibian species. Copeia 1999:1-12.
84. WILLIAMS, P., M. WHITFIELD, J. BIGGS, S. BRAY, G. FOX, P. NICOLET, AND D. SEAR. 2003. Comparative biodiversity of rivers, streams, ditches and ponds in an agricultural landscape in Southern England. Biological Conservation 115:329-341.
85. ZAR, J. H. 1999. Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.